Hilliard Greene

Hilliard Greene (born 1958) is an American bassist and teacher who plays double bass and bass guitar in jazz and freely improvised music. He studied at the University of Northern Iowa and Berklee College of Music, and he is best known as the long-serving musical director of the singer Jimmy Scott and as a bassist in the circle of Cecil Taylor. Hilliard Greene was concertmaster of Cecil Taylor's ensemble Phtongos and played in a trio with Don Pullen. He led The Jazz Expressions and issued the solo album Alone in 2003.